Rapid Charge Transport in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Made from Vertically Aligned Single-Crystal Rutile TiO2 Nanowires
Abstract
A rapid solvothermal approach was used to synthesize aligned 1D single-crystal rutile TiO2 nanowire (NW) arrays on transparent conducting substrates as electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells. The NW arrays showed a more than 200 times faster charge transport (see picture) and a factor four lower defect state density than conventional rutile nanoparticle films.
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- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Solar Energy Technologies Program; USDOE Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1044466
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5900-54984
Journal ID: ISSN 1433-7851; TRN: US201214%%442
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 51; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1433-7851
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; CHARGE TRANSPORT; DEFECTS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRODES; OXIDES; RUTILE; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; solar energy; solar cells
Citation Formats
Feng, Xinjian, Zhu, Kai, Frank, Arthur J., Grimes, Craig A., and Mallouk, Thomas E. Rapid Charge Transport in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Made from Vertically Aligned Single-Crystal Rutile TiO2 Nanowires. United States: N. p., 2012.
Web. doi:10.1002/anie.201108076.
Feng, Xinjian, Zhu, Kai, Frank, Arthur J., Grimes, Craig A., & Mallouk, Thomas E. Rapid Charge Transport in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Made from Vertically Aligned Single-Crystal Rutile TiO2 Nanowires. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201108076
Feng, Xinjian, Zhu, Kai, Frank, Arthur J., Grimes, Craig A., and Mallouk, Thomas E. 2012.
"Rapid Charge Transport in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Made from Vertically Aligned Single-Crystal Rutile TiO2 Nanowires". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201108076.
@article{osti_1044466,
title = {Rapid Charge Transport in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Made from Vertically Aligned Single-Crystal Rutile TiO2 Nanowires},
author = {Feng, Xinjian and Zhu, Kai and Frank, Arthur J. and Grimes, Craig A. and Mallouk, Thomas E.},
abstractNote = {A rapid solvothermal approach was used to synthesize aligned 1D single-crystal rutile TiO2 nanowire (NW) arrays on transparent conducting substrates as electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells. The NW arrays showed a more than 200 times faster charge transport (see picture) and a factor four lower defect state density than conventional rutile nanoparticle films.},
doi = {10.1002/anie.201108076},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1044466},
journal = {Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)},
issn = {1433-7851},
number = 11,
volume = 51,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 12 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Mon Mar 12 00:00:00 EDT 2012}
}
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